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HRM 324 Week 1 Quiz
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- Passage of this Act requires compensation professionals to demonstrate that alleged discriminatory pay practices are a business necessity.
- Civil Rights Act of 1991
- Equal Pay Act of 1938
- Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
- Davis-Bacon Act of 1931
- Which of the following laws set prevailing wage rates for companies that provide services to the U.S. Government?
- Civil Rights Act of 1991
- Equal Pay Act of 1938
- Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
- Davis-Bacon Act of 1931
- Compensation professionals use compensable factors to determine whether jobs are the same, in order to comply with which federal legislation?
- Davis – Bacon Act of 1931
- Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
- Equal Pay Act of 1963
- Civil Rights Act of 1964
- The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 addresses which three issues?
- minimum wage, overtime pay, & child-labor
- minimum wage, overtime pay, pay discrimination
- minimum wage, child-labor, pay discrimination
- overtime pay, child-labor, pay discrimination
- Construction contractors, working on government contracts, must pay their laborers and mechanics what type of wage?
- minimum wage
- prevailing wage
- prevalent wage
- discretionary wage
- Which of the following are covered under the Fair Labor Standards Act?
- fringe benefits, minimum wage, child labor provisions
- minimum wage, overtime wage rates, child labor provisions
- overtime wage rates, fringe benefits, minimum wage
- child labor provisions, fringe benefits, overtime wage rates
- Discrimination based on which of the following is protected by the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
- race, sexual preference, national origin
- sexual preference, color, national origin
- color, race, sexual preference
- national origin, race, color
- Which part of the U.S. Constitution granted Congress the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations?
- The Fourteenth Amendment
- The Fifth Amendment
- The First Amendment
- Article I, Section 8
- Compensation differentials between men and women performing substantially similar work fall under the purview of which piece of legislation?
- Equal Pay Act of 1963
- Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
- Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
- Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Which legislation removed barriers to free commerce and restored equality of bargaining power?
- Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Equal Pay Act of 1963
- Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
- National Labor Relations Act of 1935
- According to the Equal Pay Act, which of the following are acceptable defenses for unequal work?
- a system that measures earnings by quantity or quality of production, a differential based on any factor other that race, a seniority system, a system that measures earnings by quantity or quality of production
- a differential based on any factor other that race, a merit system
- a seniority system, a merit system, a system that measures earnings by quantity or quality of production
- a differential based on any factor other that race, a seniority system, merit system
- Which Act extends coverage to all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors with federal contracts?
- Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act of 1936
- Davis-Bacon Act of 1931
- McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract Act of 1965
- Work Hours and Safety Standards Act of 1962
- According to the Civil Rights Act of 1991, when are employees required to file challenges to the seniority system?
- within 180 days
- within a year
- within 6 months
- when the system is implemented or when it negatively affects them
- Which Act established guidelines prohibiting age-related discrimination?
- The Equal Pay Act of 1991
- The Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
- The Equal Pay Act of 1963
- The equal protection clause is found in which part of the U.S. Constitution?
- The First Amendment
- The Fourteenth Amendment
- The Fifth Amendment
- Article I, Section 8
- The increasing acceptance of “paternity leave” is found with the passage this Act.
- Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
- Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978
- Civil Rights Act of 1991
- Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
- What kind of accommodation involves modifying work schedules, job restructuring, and making existing facilities readily accessible for those covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act?
- disability accommodations
- reasonable accommodations
- regulated accommodations
- mandatory accommodations
- This type of job is subject to the FLSA overtime provisions?
- exempt
- nonexempt
- equal
- nonequal
- Discriminatory seniority systems were addressed with passage of which Act?
- Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Civil Rights Act of 1991
- Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
- Equal Pay Act of 1963
- Which Act is an amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938?
- Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947
- Family and Medical Leave Act of 1991
- Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
- This occurs whenever an employer applies an employment practice to all employees, but the practice leads to unequal treatment of protected employee groups.
- disparate impact
- disparate treatment
- discriminatory impact
- discriminatory treatment
- Treating pregnancy like any other disability falls under the realm of which piece of legislation?
- Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
- Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978
- Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
- Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
- What are the revised guidelines for determining whether jobs are exempt from FLSA overtime pay provisions called?
- Glass Ceiling Act
- Overtime Nonexempt Rules
- Bennett Amendment
- FairPay Rules
- ADA applies to companies that employ at least how many workers?
- 50
- 25
- 15
- 100
- The Davis-Bacon Act of 1931 pertains to companies with federal contracts of at least what value?
- $20,000
- $2,000
- $10,000
- $5,000